Kenya is proud nation 44 million people strong BUT they now face a surprising adversary… OBESITY!!! One Kenyan woman opens up about her WEIGHT LOSS struggle. Wathithi Kanai reports on the story of Monica Mbugua… Watch this! Some health experts in Kenya has suggested that, if nothing is done, obesity in Kenya will DOUBLE within 5 years…

Some experts have gone as far as to ask the government to declare the obesity epidemic a national disaster because of the negative impact it is having on the health of regular Kenyans (diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and more).

MANDATORY TWERKING could help solve this you know. Maybe I should write the government a letter… I’m kind of kidding but I’m kind of not. Eating well is crucial of course… And so is making exercise fun to do! e.g. My Rastaerobics “How Your Bumpa Get So Broad” soca warm up 🙂 CLICK: https://thelifestylista.com/are-you-a-booty-hater-this-video-will-cure-all-that/

— 1) Girl! Go to the supermarket in your sexiest dress or your skinny jeans and heels.Really go there looking your most fabulous, lipstick and all. This’ll remind you who you are and what you’re going forand you’ll get WAAAY better treatment from the staff. Heck, if you’re single you might even meet a potential new dude (supermarkets can be great for that!) and if you’re not single you might get reminded that you’ve still got it baby heheheheheh.

It’s been said that weight loss is 80% diet and 20% exercise (obviously this varies from person to person – if you’re an Olympic swimmer consuming an extraordinary amount of calories in your regular daily life this really won’t apply!). The point is… If what you eat is crucial, then your weight loss lives or dies based on what you put in that shopping trolley. So who you’re being when you’re buying that food will be a big factor in determining who you’re going to be that week or that month. You can almost predict your fat or slim future by looking in that trolley.

— 2) And whatever you do, go to the supermarket with a full stomach. If you shop hungry you’ll buy more and you’ll buy different kinds of food too.
That said, don’t go shopping with an “I’m deprived” attitude. You can buy whatever you want, any sort of play food, just remember that you’re really looking to be eating cleanly and healthily – a nutrient dense diet – 75 to 90% of the time. So it’s not that you “can’t have a donut”, it’s that you’re not living on donuts! Heck this is for your health not just weight loss – you’ll live longer, look younger, have more energy, go to the bathroom more regularly (LOL), feel sexier, have better skin and hair… The list goes on! And you’ll be slimmer.

According to scientific researchers, we need to get enough sleep to lose weight and keep it off for good… That’s 7 – 9 hours per night ladies! Get that sleep and rewards you will reap!

WHY?
1) Research shows that if you lack sleep, you make more ghrelin (a hormone that makes us hungry, stimulates our appetites). So people who lack sleep are HUNGRIER!

2) The body’s stress levels increase when you don’t get enough sleep and when you’re stressed you secrete more cortisol(stress hormone). Increased cortisol levels cause you to store more fat around the middle section… BELLY FAT.

3) Sleep deprivation not only makes us stressed, we’re also more likely to be depressed, grumpy, less optimistic… Perfect candidates for some emotional eating! And when you’re exhausted, it’s harder to control your impulses… “Huge bag of potato chips??? Yeah why not!”

4) The longer you stay up, the more time you have to squeeze in an extra snack or two or three… This is especially the case if you are watching TV. One study showed that people who stay up late at night to watch TV tended to eat 500 calories more per day (of high calorie foods) when compared to early sleepers / early risers.

The bottom line is… GET SOME SLEEP!
I’m staying up to write this article for you, so I’m going to take my own advice and I’m going to go to sleep too!

I’m here rooting for you!

love,

Kara

The Lifestylista ®

xox

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A recent clinical study at Hacettepe University in Turkey took groups of participants and tested how they related to sweet and salty foods normally.

Then the scientists gave the test subjects challenging mental tests in which the scientists used several methods to increase the participants’ stress levels. The scientists used increased heart rate and blood pressure as a way of measuring how truly stressed the participants were and then they fed them again…

This time, the subjects related completely differently to the sweet and salty foods! The study discovered that there is a distinct relationship between our perception of taste and our anxiety levels… The bottom line is the scientists found that, WHEN WE ARE STRESSED, SWEET AND SALTY FOOD TASTE BETTER to us. The stress makes these taste even more appealing than normally and so it’s no wonder that when we’re stressed, we want to eat JUNK FOOD that’s mucho salty and mucho sweet. And, not only are we drawn to different food… because it tastes so much better to us (‘sexy salt’, ‘yummy sugar’ :-(, WE WANT TO EAT MORE OF IT!
Jeez Louise! The only way to beat this is to let the air out of the balloon of your stress…
Here’s one way:
Go to www.TheLifestylista.com and search for “FEELING STRESSED AND WANT TO OVEREAT” – there’s a GREAT BREATHING TECHNIQUE in this article that fights stress and cravings… Just try it! It works.
I am here rooting for you girl! You can so do this.
love,
The Lifestylista
xox
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WANT A FLAT BELLY, SLIM WAIST, TIGHT ABS? In addition to eating a healthy diet and doing your cardio, the plank is one of the best all round things you can do to flatten your tummy! Katy Perry knows it, I know it and you know it too 🙂 Lemme hear you ROAR!!!

What about crunches? Aren’t they the best?

Crunches only affect the muscles on the front and the sides of your tummy but this exercise I’m about to show you… The plank – works more muscles, burns more calories and improves your core strength and posture way more than crunches ever could.

DO:

– Lie down on your tummy

– Flexed feet, hip distance apart

– Keep your spine neutral, your back flat so you could balance a could there!

– If you’re finding the exercise easy, to make it more difficult… raise the leg or leg and an arm

DON’T:

– Don’t slump your shoulders, don’t let your hips fall or push up your behind! You could hurt yourself. And you won’t get the results.

MEDICAL / FITNESS DISCLAIMER – LIFESTYLISTA LLC: The information provided is for educational purposes only. Not all exercise programs are suitable for everyone. Please check with your doctor before starting this or any new exercise program or diet. This is particularly important if you have pre-existing health problems.